The Civilitas Foundation public forum entitled “From Ebru to Grandchildren” consisted of two hours of soul-searching, discovery, accusation combined with social, political and also very personal analyses of the challenges of cultural diversity and newly found Armenian identity in today’s
Real wages in Armenia (nominal wages adjusted to level of inflation), AMD
2008 80,189 2009 92,862 2010 100,591 2011* 96,878 * FebruarySource: armstat.am
Pawning in order to survive
The Armenian Statistical Service March report on Armenia’s economic activity is evidence that Armenia is not out of the woods of the economic crisis. Following 2009’s 14.3 percent decline – the second biggest drop in the world – it could
Share of agriculture* in GDP (1) and increase in the sector compared to the previous year (2)
1 2 2007 18.0% +10.2% 2008 15.9% +1.4% 2009 16.6% -0.1% 2010 16.9% -13.4% *Data also includes hunting, forestry, fishing, fish-breedingSource: armstat.am
Strength of investor protection index*
2005 2010 Armenia 5.0 5.0 Azerbaijan 4.3 6.7 Georgia 4.0 6.7 * The index ranges from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating more investor protection.Source: doingbusiness.org
Foreign direct investment inflow (1) and outflow (2), mln USD
1 2 2008 935.4 10.2 2009 906.2 52.7 2010 693.4 8.3 Source: armstat.am
Software piracy rate in 2009, %
Armenia 90 Azerbaijan 88 Georgia 95 Bangladesh 91 France 40 USA 20 World 43 Source: bsa.org
Oskanian on the past and the future
This week V. Oskanian was interviewed by “Mediamax” news agency and “168 hours” weekly. The interview with “Mediamax” news agency covered the issues relating to the Key West negotiations, the atmosphere and obstacles of the negotiation process, while the interview
100 Questions, 100 Answers: Vahan Hovhannisyan
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Vahan Hovhannisyan on upcoming elections, party politics and challenges
Watch More than 150 guests – representatives of international and local organizations, government and academic institutions, diplomatic missions in Armenia as well as media – gathered to hear the second guest of the Civilitas Foundation “100 Questions and Answers” series.